Project Manager

About the role

This is a hands-on, full-time managerial position with day-to-day duties that include overseeing, coordinating, and managing the project execution of engineering and construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Proposes process management
• Aids the business development team with project scoping for proposals
• Manages the proposal process for more complex projects
• Maintains relationships with client project managers
• Develops and maintains project budgets, reviews proposals for scope, content, and budgets
• Communicates with clients and manages their expectations for deliverables, schedules, and budgets
• Supervises the communication of direct reports to clients in a project sponsor role
• Maintains relationships with clients and other external stakeholders
• Handles client billing and collection
• Escalates issues with management / sales team to solve problems
• Leads scheduled discussions to ensure client objectives are met
• Negotiates change requests and budget deviations for scope change
• Manages work to the proposed scope to ensure budget goals are met
• Manages internal resources to complete deliverables on time and budget
• Facilitates communication with the team and other stakeholders
• Manages procurement for equipment, material, and services
• Maintains relationships with directors and management
• Oversees deliverable workflow and planning
• Provides project leadership with the internal team and coordinates direct report resource load and work assignments
• Leads internal meetings for coordination and planning the work
• Manages accounting and internal reporting tasks
• Assists the team with earned value management reporting
• Provides weekly status report review and editing with input from the team
• Escalates issues with management to facilitate problem solving
• Manages vendor, contractor, permitting jurisdiction, and other external stakeholder communications
• Assists with contractor interface during construction bidding
• Manages vendor/supplier relationship during bidding
• Assists with other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably an Engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Structural or Electrical.
• Project Management Professional or Professional Engineering Licenses required.
• Type of experience needed to be successful: Minimum of 3-years’ relevant experience in technical project management or comparable technical leadership position required (5-years preferred).
• Specialized Skills: Intermediate communication (written and verbal) skills, intermediate problem-solving skills, intermediate awareness of own tasks, basic leadership skills, expert user of technology and software, project scheduling software knowledge / scheduling techniques, MS Office Suite, Navisworks, basic relationship skills with the team, clients, and stakeholders.